Awakening Together is excited to announce that Paul Hedderman will be offering a program live in the sanctuary beginning Tuesday, June 29 from 7:30-8:30 pm ET. Paul has not yet decided what the frequency of the program will be.
If you haven’t heard Paul’s teaching before, here is a brief description of what might be included:
Paul speaks about practices becoming misdirected by (mis)identifying as a “long-lasting separate independent entity”. He warns of the failure of speaking of and aiming for qualities and states “assumed” to be spiritual.
Paul likes to reference recovery, A Course In Miracles, and Ramana Maharshi most regularly. The most concise reference being “self can’t get out of self” and separate-noun-self and then emphasizes the basic elements that are its circular program, such as the belief in time; the uniqueness given to the shared non-personal; the use of “my” and “buts” to make it especially difficult; and body-identity-reference.
Paul suggests repetition through Satsangs is helpful. It is an example of how the dreamING repurposes another programming element, repetition. What was used to (mis)identify, becomes instead a helpful undoing within the dreaming of that identification. The helpfulness of the Message is recognized in what Paul calls “traveling lighter.” In the surrender of an assumed need to escape/improve, the ever-present reality of consciousness already now/here becomes where our interest stays. Being consciousness in contact (in/as/through sensory experiencING), we appreciate being “successful” – already, as that Reality.
If you are interested, you can access Paul’s previous appearances on Awakening together here. You can also learn more about Paul on his website www.zenbitchslap.com or his YouTube channel under the same title (Zen Bitchslap).
